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Blinken ends Trump rights plan promoting conservative agenda

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WASHINGTON – In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday will formally scrap a blueprint championed by his predecessor to limit U.S.

promotion of human rights abroad to causes favored by conservatives like religious freedom and property matters while dismissing reproductive and LGBTQ rights.

A State Department official said Blinken will “decisively” repudiate a report prepared by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that sought to pare down the number of freedoms prioritized in U.S.

foreign policy. The report from Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights had been harshly criticized by human rights groups.

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